As the last real working day of COP15 starts there is a sense of despair and reconciliation in the air. It seems that despite the strong African position, the G77 is refusing to support a potential walk out. The Europeans thus seem confident that they can grid out something that they feel comfortable with.

From the bristle of activity in the British and French delegations it appears that UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Sarkozy have ordered their diplomats into action. As a result the G77, African and Small Island State diplomats look even more frustrated and some what bruised. This is likely the result of a diploma barrage of threats and enticements. It also appears that the negotiating diplomats at the Bella Center are delivering the threats more often then the enticements that are being discussed at ministerial meetings.

The African ministers met this morning and confirmed that their ‘line in the sand’ is the two-track approach, real emissions cuts, and real financing. None of these seem to be forthcoming from European governments that are barely inching above their ‘de minimus’ offer of 30 billion fast track financing and no long-term commitment.

The G77 did not all fall behind the African proposed strong stand as not all states favoured a threatened walk out. Nevertheless, the lack of unity in the G77 has released states from a single G77 line and appears to have meant that the majority of G77 states are supporting the African Group.

Aside from the negotiations there is a frenzy of side events and media events taking place.

Nord Sud XXI is hosting an event on Human Rights and Climate Change with the former President of the UN Human Rights Council, Ambassador Martin Uhumoibhi.

The media seems preoccupied with star chasing. An announcement that tickets were being distributed for a meeting with American state of California governor Arnold Schwarzenger almost started a stampede through a main walkway between meeting rooms. There is little indication that the Rambo movie-star turned governor know very much about climate change.

Environmental stars like Al Gore, and Gro Bruntland have al commanded significant attention from the media.

As heads of state, parliament or congress members (especially form the ) arrive attention seems to shifting away from the negotiators and the negotiations to who is here, regardless of whether or not they have anything sensible to say about climate change.

The lines are as long as yesterday and NGO, press and even delegates are left standing in sub-zero temperatures for hours. Only the UN staff seems to have accorded themselves the courtesy of a fast line through security. In additi0on, Danish police continue to blame the situation on the UN, who in turn say they have nothing to do with it.

Entry to the Bella Center now requires secondary passes as NGOs have been whittled down to about 3,500 of 25,000 and a long wait in line. Tomorrow only 1,000 NGOs will be allowed in and Friday only 90, said UN officials who called the conference the most open conference ever...perhaps comparing it to closed Security Council sessions at UN Headquarters in New York where sometimes less than 50 government and UN representatives and no NGOs are admitted. One can only wonder how much a success COP15 might have been if the Danish had spend as much money on doing the right thing politically to stop or at leats mitigate or adapt to climate chnage as they appear to have spent on Security that strangles the life out of civil society.